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Agoria

InFine, France

Influenced by jazz and Detroit techno alike Agoria is as unique on the French music scene as likeminded mavericks Pepe Bradock, Mr. Oizo or Air are. Starting off his career with a hectic DJ schedule playing at many international clubs alongside renowned artists such as Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin or Cristian Vogel, to name but a few, Agoria has become an important figure on the European techno scene, while developing a special groove and approach. With one parent being an opera singer, Agoria had been in a musical environment all his life, when he fervently began to produce his own material in 1997. Not afraid of taking risks and chances, Agoria's music is versatile, playful, and at the same time positively techno. His (then and now) fresh sound attracted a number of French independent labels and finally led to a relationship with PIAS offspin Different and a bunch of highly acclaimed remixes. These days Agoria co-runs the critically acclaimed label InFiné (Francesco Tristano, Arandel, Clara Moto, Rone and many more) and keeps on knocking out extraordinary dancefloor music like 'Panta Rei' that is as sophisticated as it is functional. A lateral thinker if there ever was one.